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Freeview reception at AB12 3QR


For reliable and stable Freeview reception, you need an unobstructed path between the TV aerial on your roof and the digital TV transmitter. The map below shows the transmitters predicted to provide a signal at this location.

You can click on any transmitter symbol to show the coverage area as a green overlay on the map. Double click on a transmitter symbol to go to the transmitter information page.

You can also view the ten closest potential '4G-at-800' mobile phone masts within 1.5km of the selected location - these masts may be used for 4G-at-800 mobile broadband services from 2013-2015.

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There are 3 mobile phone masts within 1.5km of AB123QR (page shows closest 10)

What do the map symbols mean?

 EE,  Multiple operators,  O2,  3,  Vodafone,  location on line-of-sight,  Selected location,  Freeview transmitter,  Freeview light transmitter,  Engineering/fault today.

These icons show the potential locations for 4G-at-700MHz services that may interfere with Freeview reception at some point from 2020 when the 5G 700MHz services start.

For actual mobile phone reception prediction (at 800-960MHz and 1710-2170MHz) see these phone operator's mapping sites: Three O2 T-Mobile EE Virgin

Predicted Freeview channel list

1BBC One (SD)Durris ScotlandPSB1
2BBC TwoDurris ScotlandPSB1
3STV (SD)Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
4Channel 4 (SD)Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
5Channel 5Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
 
6ITV 2Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
7BBC AlbaDurris ScotlandPSB1
10ITV3Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
11Sky ArtsDurris COM5
12QuestDurris COM6
 
13E4Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
14Film4Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
15Channel 4 +1Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
17ReallyDurris COM5
18More4Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
 
19DaveDurris COM5
20DramaDurris COM4
215USADurris COM4
23BBC ThreeDurris ScotlandPSB1
24BBC Four (Scotland SD)Durris ScotlandPSB1
 
25WDurris COM6
26ITV4Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
27YesterdayDurris COM6
29ITV2 +1Durris COM4
30E4 +1Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
 
31E4 ExtraDurris COM5
325STARDurris COM4
335ActionDurris COM4
34GREAT! moviesDurris COM6
35STV+1Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
 
35ITV1 +1Durris STV North (Aberdeen)PSB2
36pickDurris COM5
39DMAXDurris COM6
40Quest RedDurris COM5
41LegendDurris COM4
 
42GREAT! movies actionDurris COM4
43Food NetworkDurris COM5
44HGTVDurris COM6
46Channel 5 +1Durris COM4
47Film4 +1Durris COM5
 
48ChallengeDurris COM5
494sevenDurris COM5
565SELECTDurris PSB3
57Smithsonian ChannelDurris COM5
58ITVBe +1Durris COM4
 
59ITV3 +1Durris COM4
60Drama +1Durris COM5
64BlazeDurris COM4
67CBS RealityDurris COM4
70Quest +1Durris COM5
 
71Quest Red +1Durris COM6
73HobbyMakerDurris COM6
74Dave ja vuDurris COM4
75Yesterday +1Durris COM5
78TCCDurris COM4
 
81Blaze +1Durris COM4
82Talking Pictures TVDurris COM6
83Together TVDurris COM5
84PBS AmericaDurris COM6
88Classic HitsDurris COM6
 
89ITV4 +1Durris COM4
101BBC One HDDurris PSB3
102BBC Two HDDurris PSB3
103UTV HDDurris PSB3
103STV HDDurris PSB3
 
103ITV 1 HDDurris PSB3
104Channel 4 HDDurris PSB3
105Channel 5 HDDurris PSB3
106BBC Four HDDurris PSB3
108BBC Scotland HDDurris PSB3
 
109BBC Three HDDurris PSB3
110Channel 4 HD (Wales)Durris PSB3
201CBBCDurris ScotlandPSB1
202CBeebiesDurris ScotlandPSB1
203CITVDurris COM4
 
204CBBC HDDurris PSB3
205CBeebies HDDurris PSB3
208Pop PlayerDurris COM4
209Ketchup TVDurris COM4
210Ketchup TooDurris COM4
 
211YAAAS!Durris COM4
231BBC NewsDurris ScotlandPSB1
232BBC ParliamentDurris ScotlandPSB1
233Sky NewsDurris COM5
235Al Jazeera EngDurris COM6
 
250BBC Red ButtonDurris ScotlandPSB1

 

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Show good and blocked paths from AB12 3QR for aerial height of ...

10m20m (Angel of the North)25m30m40m56m (Hyde Park Flats, Sheffield)62m (Monument)90m (Royal Liver Building, Liverpool)107m (Meridian Quay Tower, Swansea)115m (Bridgewater Place, Leeds)127m (Glasgow Tower)143m (Guy's Hospital)158m (Blackpool Tower)170m (Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth)180m (The Gherkin/BT Tower) 193m (Tower 42)235m (Canary Wharf)310m (The Shard)(default view)

Comments
Saturday, 15 February 2014
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jb38
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

1:16 PM

Neilo: You could of course just carry out the aforementioned procedure by leaving a gap of around 1 hour or so between the tests rather than overnight, the only reason for suggesting same being to introduce a time factor into the test as some types of problem may not always show up straight away.

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Dirk Gently
6:00 PM
Horsham

Midhurst - all transmissions on 10,000W muxes not receivable. Those on 20,000W muxes mostly okay, with C55 the only mux that's got no issues. Seemed to go off overnight, perhaps due to storms or perhaps around time when engineering work was going on with DAB.
Full reset of all kit and re-tune hasn't helped. Checked aerial and all looks okay.
Plugged in DVBT card to computer to see what it thinks about mux output.

C55 (746.0MHz) 20,000W - all channels fine. No uncorrectable errors in transmission. Quality 58 out of 60
C56 (754.0MHz) 20,000W - all channels fine. 1 to 3 correctable errors per 5 seconds. 1 or 2 uncorrectable errors per 10 seconds. Quality 55 out of 60
C58 (770.0MHz) 20,000W - can't comment as don't have DVB-T2
C54 (738.0MHz) 10,000W - can't view any channels, 1000's of errors per second. Quality 23 out of 60
C59 (778.0MHz) 10,000W - can't tune to - Quality 12 out of 60
C50 (705.0MHz) 10,000W - can't view any channels, 1000's of errors per second. Quality 24 out of 60

Either I've a local issue, or there's a genuine fault with the Midhurst transmitter since they finished the engineering works on DAB last night.

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Dave Lindsay
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

9:17 PM

Dirk Gently: Perhaps it is an issue with a cable or connector.

The signal mode used for the three COM channel (54, 59 and 50) means they are less resiliant and therefore more fragile than the PSB channels, so this could perhaps explain why the COMs are apparently affected more.

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MikeB
sentiment_very_satisfiedPlatinum

11:04 PM

Neilo: What model and make of TV do you have? Tuners, etc tend to be pretty reliable, but JB38 suspicion that the tuner is duff makes sense. If it is dodgy, take it back to where you bought it from - its only a year old.

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Dirk Gently
11:34 PM
Horsham

Dave Lindsay: Thanks for your idea. I've replaced every cable between wall socket and TV, and also swapped out signal booster for another one just in case - same result.
It will have to wait until tomorrow before I can get in to the loft to see if there's any cable to replace there - my digital aerial goes into a multi-switch to distribute satellite and freeview to multiple rooms. I've powered that multi-switch off/on but that's not made any difference.
Given no one else here has stated issues with Midhurst transmitter, it's clear it's something on my end. But what, I'm not too sure....
Problem is I need the signal boosters on C54, C59 and C50 as without them I don't get sufficient signal to watch TV normally anyway. Only the more powerful transmissions get through without the booster (and indeed signal strength doesn't increase with booster in line for C56 for example).
Thanks anyway - I'll keep trying to diagnose the local issue, but when it's daylight again !

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Sunday, 16 February 2014
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James
5:18 AM
Reading

All five HD channels have disappeared from my channel list, I've retuned the set and now the signals are not being found. All normal DTT channels are showing as normal. We obtain excellent reception from Hannington which is in line of sight of the property. Can you help

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Dirk Gently
10:24 AM
Horsham

Dirk Gently: Woke up to find Midhurst is now all working again. No changes made on my equipment after my last post yesterday, but C54, C59 and C50 are now all watch-able again.

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Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Linda Dale
11:38 AM
Leek

I have Freeview and have been watching the Olympics Why can I only get Ch301 on Red Button and not Ch302 ?(ST13 6QF postcode)

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Wednesday, 19 February 2014
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Dave Hagen
5:51 PM
Chester Le Street

Briantist,still the same result when I put my postcode DH2 3HZ in to the Freeview predictor,no mention of the Pontop Pike transmitter only Fenham 7 Bilsdale. Can you amend this at all? Cheers ................Dave.

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